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involute. Corolla bright yellow, twice as long as the calyx; 

 segments oblong, obtuse, much shorter than the tube. Stamens 

 half as long as the corolla- segments. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador ; gathered by Wallis in 1875. Flowered at Liege 

 by M. Jacob Makoy in 1882. An alhed plant is mentioned in Morren's notes as 

 having been found by Pfau in Chiriqui. 



5. C. coNiFERA Andre Enum. 5. — Eadical leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, bright green, 2-3 ft. long, 2^-3 in. broad at the middle. 

 Stem stout, erect, about as long as the leaves ; bract-leaves 

 lanceolate. Inflorescence a dense conical capitulum 8-10 in. long, 

 4-6 in. broad ; flower-bracts much imbricated, deltoid, bright red, 

 passing into golden-yellow at the tip. Calyx much shorter than 

 the bract ; segments oblong, acute, an inch long. Corolla pale 

 yellow, above 2 in. long, just overtopping the bract ; segments 

 obtuse, above ^ in. long. Capsule cylindrical, 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Ecuador ; Zamora Poortman 416. 



6. C. ANGUSTiFOLiA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1884, ii. 616 (M.D.). 

 Guzmania Bulliana Andre in Eev. Hort. 1886, 324. — Acaulescent, 

 caBspitose. Leaves linear from an ovate base, 5-6 in. long, ^ in. 

 broad at the base of the blade, firm in texture, channelled down 

 the face, obscurely lepidote on the concave back. Peduncle 3-4 in. 

 long ; bract-leaves crowded, long-pointed. Flowers few, arranged 

 in a simple multifarious spike ; outer bracts ovate -lanceolate, bright 

 red 1-1^ in. long. Calyx ^ in. long; segments oblong, obtuse. 

 Corolla bright yellow, 2-2|- in. long ; tube very slender ; segments 

 oblong, obtuse, ^ in. long. Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Andes of New Granada. Introduced by Kalbreyer. Described from 

 a plant that flowered with Messrs. Veitch in Nov., 1884. Banks of the Kio 

 Dagua, alt. 4000 ft., Lehmann 1962 ! I re-examined this alive at Kew in June, 

 1888, and found that the anthers are not connate. 



' 7. C. puLCHELLA Audrc Enum. 5. — Leaves 6-12 in a basal 

 rosette, lanceolate, acute, 4-5 in. long, 1^ in. broad at the dilated 

 base, ^ in. at the middle, copiously lepidote low down. Peduncle 

 slender, curved ; bract-leaves lax, ovate. Inflorescence a dis- 

 tichous, moderately dense, usually simple spike 2-3 in. long, rarely 

 forked ; bracts ovate, apiculate. Calyx lepidote, shorter than the 

 bract ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Corolla white, i— | in. long ; tube as 

 long as the calyx ; segments short, obtuse. Filaments very short. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, alt. 11000 ft., Andre 4502. 



8. C. Devansayana E. Morren. Guzmania Devansayana E. 

 Morren in Belg. Hort. 1882, 113, t. 8, 9 (M.D.).— Leaves 20 to a 

 rosette, ensiform from an ovate base, 1^-2 ft. long, an inch broad 

 at the middle, vertically striped with brown on the back towards 

 the base, which is 1^-2 in. broad. Peduncle much shorter than 

 the leaves ; bract-leaves lanceolate, green, imbricated. Inflores- 

 cence a dense oblong multifarious spike 2 in. long, above 1 in. 

 diam. ; flower-bracts broad ovate, acute, bright scarlet, l-l^- in. 

 long. Corolla white, as long as the bract. Anthers free, nearly 

 sessile at the throat of the corolla-tube. 



Hab. Ecuador; province of Cuenca, imported by M. Jacob Makoy, of 

 Liege, with whom it first flowered in 1882. 



